Looking for a good man (or woman, or child)

So, having noticed it’s been nearly six months since I last updated my web­site, I think it’s about time I took the plunge and hired someone to help me keep this busi­ness run­ning better. I’ve con­sidered this a number of times in the past, but my gen­eral inab­ility to relin­quish con­trol, of any­thing, to anyone, has always pre­vented me from going through with it. Time’s come to grow up, ditch the nar­cissism, and realize that I’m not the second coming, and I need some help from time to time.

That said! Here’s what I’m looking for.

This will be a very part-time job to begin with. My aim is that it will grow with time into a more full-fledged pos­i­tion, but I’d like to start small. I don’t have an office any­more (unless my couch counts), so you’ll need to have your own equip­ment. Ideally we’d be able to do a mix of co-working and tele­com­muting, but I’m open to altern­ative arrange­ments. You don’t need to know everything already; I’d be glad to teach. Pay will obvi­ously be adjusted depending on the amount of teaching required! This pos­i­tion is best-suited for an entry-level or intern who’s looking to get started in the industry.

Required Skills

• excel­lent com­mu­nic­a­tion skills. This is non-negotiable as it’s pretty much the only thing I can’t teach you. You don’t need to be a fant­astic orator, but solid writing skills are abso­lutely vital.
• basic under­standing of basic design prin­ciples (and a “good eye”, which is also non-teachable
• basic under­standing of standards-compliant HTML/CSS
• basic Adobe CS skills, or the equi­valent free­ware alternatives
• atten­tion to detail (I’m a perfectionist)
• inde­pend­ence and problem-solving skills
• pas­sion for your work and a desire to learn

Skills that would be deemed a bonus

• PHP pro­gram­ming ability (actu­ally, if you have this but no design skills, con­tact me, and maybe we can arrange something)
• strong web skills (HTML/CSS, Ajax, “making things work”, etc)
• strong design skills
• com­fort with Word­Press, which I’m using more & more as a CMS
• marketing/PR skills (I’m lousy at mar­keting myself)

Job “perks”

• flex­ib­ility & the ability to set your own hours
• oppor­tunity to learn about the ins & outs of client rela­tions and run­ning a business
• chance to work on a wide variety of projects
• oppor­tunity for advancement

Please send resume, port­folio, and anti­cip­ated hourly wage range to , and intro­duce yourself!

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